In 1928, a small group met in the basement of the Congregational Church, on Sunday afternoons to worship. Mr. John Knickman was
acting as pastor. Mr. Knickman and his wife bought a lot on the corner of 401 South Hazel and built a little church. On Sundays the
church was crowded with 60 plus in attendance.
Mr. Knickman, looking for a sound doctrine for his church, met with a Rev. D. W. Dobson, a Nazarene minister and his wife, while they were in Glenwood doing
evangelistic work.
Mr. Knickman found the Nazarene doctrine to be the doctrine he wanted for their church. He introduced Rev. Dobson to his "little mission", as he called it.
After Rev. Dobson held a revival meeting at the church, the group was so impressed that the group decided to join with the Church of the Nazarene organization.
The eight charter members who took it upon themselves to form the church of the Nazarene were Addie Hodges Martin, Marie Young Poe,
Gertrude Harold Scott, Ann Fieselman, Grace Humphrey, Earl and Minnie Hodges and Margaret Smith Chambers.
The property belonging to the Little Mission Church was under the name of Anybody’s Mission Church of Glenwood.
In 1931, the property was transferred to the Church of the Nazarene, with John Knickman, Charles Radford and George Smelser as trustees.
